Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, Russell C. & Nathaniel E., 1955 

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"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Oct. 30, 1955 

Funeral Set Today For Cofer Brothers 

  Funeral services will be held today for Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, of Newport 
News, and Russell Colbert Cofer, 80, of Smithfield, brothers, who died within 
a few hours of each other Friday night.

  Services for Nathaniel Cofer of St. Dennis Apartments, who died in a local 
hospital after a long illness, will be held at 4 this afternoon in Caffee 
Funeral Home, Newport News, with the Rev. T.V. Morison [sic; Morrison], rector 
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.

  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.

  Pallbearers will be L.G. Lawson, Hal Mathias, Edward Gwaltney, Irbie 
Johnson, H. (Tip) Shackelford, George H. Hill, Edward N. Islin and Alan R. 
Day.  Honorary pallbearers will be members of the family.

  Services for his brother, a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County who 
died in Smithfield [sic] also after a long illness, will be held at 2 this 
afternoon in the chapel of Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the Rev. 
R.M. Recklay, officiating, asisted [sic; assisted] by the Rev. H.B. Jones and 
J.F. Flye.  Burial will be in the family burying ground, Isle of Wight 
Cemetery.

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"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 20, Nov. 3, 1955, p. 1, col. 1 

R. S. [sic; C.] Cofer, 80 And N. E. Cofer, 75, Buried Sunday 

  Two elderly brothers, both natives of Isle of Wight County, died within 
four hours of each other in separate Newport News hospitals Friday night, 
October 28, 1955. 

  Russell Colbert Cofer, 80, retired Isle of Wight farmer, died at 1 P.M. 
in Mary Immaculate Hospital following an operation four days earlier.  

  His brother Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, retired Newport News businessman, 
succumbed at 11 P. M. in Patrick Henry Hospital after an illness of several 
months.  Nathaniel had been unconscious for some time before his death and 
did not know Russell had died. 

  Both funerals were conducted Sunday. 

  Rites for Russell Cofer were held at 2 P. M. in the chapel of the Bullock 
Funeral Home, Smithfield.  Rev. K.M. Reckley, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Slye 
and the Rev H.B. Jones, officiated.  Burial was in the family burial ground 
in Isle of Wight County. 

  At 4 P.M. services for Nathaniel Cofer were conducted in the Caffee Funeral 
Home, Newport News, by the Rev. T.V. Morrison, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal 
Church, Newport News.  Burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News. 

  The brothers were the sons of the late John Randolph and Rebecca Dell [sic; 
Bell] Cofer of Isle of Wight and are survived by a sister, Mrs Nancy C. Batten 
of Smithfield and several nieces and nephews.  In addition, Nathaniel Cofer is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Nathaniel Cofer of Newport News. 

  Russell was a member of the a Mill Swamp Baptist Church in Isle of Wight. 
His brother was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Newport News. 

  Nathaniel Cofer had lived in Newport News about thirty-five years.  Until 
his retirement several years ago because of ill health, he had been associated 
with the Cofer Motor Sales Company there.


Russell Colbert COFER, retired farmer, 
b. 6 Apr 1875, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Oct 1955, Newport News, 
interred in the COFER family cemetery (#1*), Stallings Creek Dr., 30 Oct 1955, 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #144: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Their parents & sister are also buried there. 

"Daily Press" obit posted with Find a Grave Mem. #104166651 

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"Nat" Nathaniel Ezra COFER, of Newport News, retired mechanic & businessman, 
b. 28 Nov 1879, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Oct 1955, Newport News, 
interred in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News, 30 Oct 1955, 

"Daily Press" obit posted with Find a Grave Mem. #84369344

D.Cert. 22939 (Newport News #187) 


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